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Latitude: 50.3212 / 50°19'16"N
Longitude: -4.1156 / 4°6'56"W
OS Eastings: 249490
OS Northings: 48946
OS Grid: SX494489
Mapcode National: GBR NX.Y4PP
Mapcode Global: FRA 2885.VVW
Plus Code: 9C2Q8VCM+FQ
Entry Name: Battery
Listing Date: 14 September 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1270701
English Heritage Legacy ID: 457557
Also known as: Renney Point Battery
ID on this website: 101270701
Location: Heybrook Bay, South Hams, Devon, PL9
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Civil Parish: Wembury
Built-Up Area: Heybrook Bay
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Building Artillery battery
The following buildings shall be added to the list:-
SX 44 NE WEMBURY RENNEY COAST
7/10000 Battery
GV II
Magazine and battery for 9.2 inch guns. 1905. Concrete. 3
emplacements, each with rails to gun mountings and steps to sunk
magazine entrances. Iron doors and fittings. Noted as having
complete interior with some original machinery including
ammunition hoists. A well preserved example of a 9.2 inch
battery. Together with the Lentney Battery (q.v.) it exemplifies
recent advances made in form and design and housed the two
principal heavy guns designed to counter the battleships and
armoured cruisers of the pre-Dreadnought era.
Listing NGR: SX4949048946
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